Höfuð-gjarnt
Old Norse Dictionary - höfuð-gjarnt
Meaning of Old Norse word "höfuð-gjarnt" (or hǫfuð-gjarnt)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfuð-gjarnt (hǫfuð-gjarnt)
- n. adj. fatal, dangerous to one’s life; at honum mundi h. verða, Fb iii. 550; segir mér svá hugr um, at h. (höfuðgrant, Ed.) verði nokkurum vina Páls, ef …, Sturl. i. 104.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfuð-gjarnt may be more accurately written as hǫfuð-gjarnt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚢᚦ-ᚴᛁᛅᚱᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)